It's assiduously mixing the melodic might of Swedish black/death metal à la Dissection and Sacramentum with the powerful edge of Amon Amarth and the symphonic approach of early Cradle of Filth and Emperor. I must admit that I know Markov pretty well and his influences are obvious to me but nevertheless, this is its own thing. The songs ranging from five to ten minutes are all pretty dense albeit a bit too much for their own sake sometimes. The whole tale is composed of these 6 “auras” and the songwriting, deep and rich, is truly impressive coming from someone that age. Repelling A Solar Giant is a concept album but don't be afraid, there's no shitty and useless interludes telling you a story with two or three low budget Patrick Stewart impersonators. Now with all the necessary tools (a full band including a keyboardist) he needed to fully transfer the musicality of the project in a live setting, his troop and him are ready to attack the ears of the inferno beast. He's definitely a motherfucker to watch in the near future. He also has 2 solo projects on the side, Slow (funeral doom) and Aureole (black metal) both also very promising.
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